Sunday, January 15, 2012

New format, same wait.

Kindles, Nooks and iPads can do many amazing things, but they can’t bump you ahead in line at the Reston Regional Library. In fact, if you want to borrow a book, it may be quicker to put down your sleek new device and head into the stacks.

I've dealt with the wait list blues a bit myself: having to get on the list for the Game of Thrones books, for example, only to have the second volume available prior to the first. No point reading out of order so you don't check it out, wait longer for the first volume, then get back on the wait list for volume two -- me and 39 other folks. Bah. (Still, if I was in that much of a hurry, I'd just buy copy. The first book was OK, but certainly not "must-read" material.)

About Me

Blogging primarily about Doctor Who while I watch (and re-watch) the entire series.

Sure, I could have chosen any number of other shows to bounce my interest in philosophy, history, progressive politics, secularism, and pop culture off; but, while others have burned brighter for periods of time, no other series has held my interest for so long. Nor is another likely to.